Miffed by SP's 'non cooperation', Raju to return to comedy

Comedian Raju Srivastava on Tuesday pointedly blamed the top Samajwadi Party leadership for his sudden decision to walk out of the contest for the prestigious Kanpur Lok Sabha seat. Talking to mediapersons in Lucknow after announcing his decision, Raju said, “I made it a point repeatedly to draw the attention of both Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav as well as his uncle and party general secretary Ram Gopal Yadav to the continued non-cooperation shown to me by local SP leaders in Kanpur; but ...